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KRS 56.990: Penalties.

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  1. KRS Chapter 56

(1) Any person who violates any of the provisions of KRS 56.250 shall be fined not

less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) for each

offense.

(2) Any person who commits a moving traffic violation of any regulation of the

Finance and Administration Cabinet governing the operation and use of motor

vehicles on the grounds of a state -owned building, shall upon conviction be fined

not less than two dollars ($2) nor more than fifteen dollars ($15); provided,

however, that if such person is found guilty of violating any provision of such

regulation for which the mandatory or discretionary revocation of drivers' licenses is

prescribed by KRS 186.560 and KRS 186.570, then the penalty for such violation

shall be the same as that prescribed by the law applicable to such offense.

(3) (a) Any individual who willfully violates any of the provisions of KRS 56.8181

shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by a fine of not less than five

thousand dollars ($5,000) nor more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by

imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than one (1) year nor more than

five (5) years, or both.

(b) Any firm, corporation, or association which willfully violates any of the

provisions of KRS 56.8181 shall be fined not less than ten thousand dollars

($10,000) nor more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000). The assessment

of a fine under this paragraph shall not prevent the punishment of an

individual under paragraph (a) of this subsection.

(4) Any individual, including any e mployee or official of the Commonwealth of

Kentucky, who willfully violates a provision of KRS 56.800 to 56.823, other than

one found in KRS 56.8181, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one

thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment in the peni tentiary for not more than

one (1) year, or both.

(5) Any employee or official of the Commonwealth of Kentucky who shall willfully

take, receive, or offer to take or receive, either directly or indirectly, anything of

value, as an inducement, or intended i nducement, in the awarding of a state lease

pursuant to KRS 56.800 to 56.823, shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished

by a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000), or imprisonment in the

penitentiary for not less than one (1) year nor more than ten (10) years, or both.

(6) (a) Any individual willfully offering to make, pay, or give, either directly or

indirectly, anything of value, as an inducement, or intended inducement, in the

awarding of a lease pursuant to KRS 56.800 to 56.823, to a ny employee or

official of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, shall be guilty of a felony and

shall be punished by a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) or by

imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than one (1) year nor more than

ten (10) years, or both.

(b) Any firm, corporation, or association willfully offering to make, pay, or give,

either directly or indirectly, anything of value, as an inducement, or intended

inducement, in the awarding of a lease, to any employee or official of the

Commonwealth of Kentucky, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten

thousand dollars ($10,000) nor more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000).

The assessment of a fine under this paragraph shall not prevent the

punishment of an individual under paragraph (a) of this subsection.

(7) (a) Any person who is convicted of or enters a guilty plea for a crime established

in subsections (3) to (6) of this section shall be subject to the penalty

established in paragraph (b) of this subsection in addition to the penalties

established in those subsections.

(b) For a period of five (5) years from the date of a person's conviction or the

entering of a person's guilty plea, the Commonwealth shall not rent real

property from a firm that employs the person or in which the person has any

ownership interest.

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